Pencil sharpener



March 28, 1939. FENTON 2,152,545

PENCIL SHARPENER Filed June 10, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor March 28, 1939. A. L. FENTON PENCIL SHARPENER Filed June 10, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

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Patented Mar. 28, 1939 2,152,545

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PENCIL SHARPENER Alvin I. Fenton, Omaha, Nebr.

Application June 10, 1937, Serial No. 147,554

4 Claims. (01. 120-96) This invention appertains to new and useful the pencil receiving guide tube [1. At the tube improvements in pencil sharpeners whereby penend of the stem 16 a button-like head i8 is procils can be sharpened without any manual effort vided on the stem so that when a pencil I9 is on the part of the operator. inserted into the tube ll the stem IE will be An important object of the invention is to propushed inwardly to close the switch I and thus 5 vide a pencil sharpener wherein the sharpener result in the energization of the motor 5. elements are mounted vertically and into which On the armature shaft 20 of the motor 5 is a pencil is engageable from a vertical position, the emery wheel structure 2| which consists of a to the end that there will be a uniform application pair of sections 2222 each provided with a of pressure of the pencil against the sharpener tapering groove 23 therein for receiving and elements which will result in less strain on the forming the pointed end of a pencil, the sections motor and less irregular wear on the sharpening 22 are provided with openings 24 therethrough elements. and through these openings are disposed the bolts Another important object of the invention is to 25 equipped with nuts 26 whereby the sections are provide a pencil sharpener which is positive actattached to the flanged collar 21 secured to the ing and which is constructed in such a manner said armature shaft 20. as to not be susceptible to the ready development While the foregoing specification sets forth the of defects. I invention in specific terms, it is to be understood These and various other important objects and that numerous changes in the shape, size and advantages of the invention will become apmaterials may be resorted to without departing parent to the reader of the following specification. from the spirit and scope of the invention as In the drawings: claimed hereinafter. Figure 1 represents a bottom plan view of the Having described the invention what is claimed sharpener with a portion broken away. as new is:

Figure 2 represents a vertical sectional view 1. In a pencil sharpener, a shell, a sharpener of the sharpener. unit in the shell having a vertically extending Figure 3 is a top plan view of the shavings pencil receiving inlet, said shell having a verticollecting pan. cally extending pencil guide aligned with the said Figure 4 is a fragmentary detailed sectional pencil receiving inlet of the sharpener unit, said view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of shell being provided withabottom through which 30 Figure 1. the guide extends.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the assembled sec- In a pencil Sharpener, a shell. a Sharpener tions of the emery wheel. unit in the shell having a vertically extending Figure 6 is an end elevational view of the emery pencil receiving inlet, said shell having a vertiwheel. cally extending pencil guide aligned with the said Figure 7 is an inside elevational view of one pencil receiving inlet of the sharpener unit, said of the sections of the emery wheel. shell being provided with a bottom constructed Referring to the drawings wherein like nuto form a shavings receptor and having a pencil merals designate like parts, it can be seen in receiving opening therein.

Figure 2 that numeral 5 represents the electric 3. In a pencil sharpener, a shell, a sharpener motor which has a wall attachable base portion 6. unit in the shell having a vertically extending Numeral 1 represents a shell having the closed pencil receiving inlet, said shell having a vertop a and the inturned flange b at its lower open tically extending pencil guide aligned with the side. Hook members 8 are provided on the botsaid pencil receiving inlet of the sharpener unit, tom of the top a and these engage into the arm said shell being provided with a bottom conmembers 9 on the motor base 6 as shown in structed to formashavings receptor, and through Figure 4. which the guide extends.

An annular channeled shaving collector I0 is 4. In a pencil sharpener, a shell, a sharpener inwardly flanged as at H and these flanges ll unit in the shell having a vertically extending as shown in Figure 3 are provided with bayonet pencil receiving inlet, said shell having a vertislots I2 for receiving the pins or screws [3 which cally extending pencil guide aligned with the said depend from the flange b at the bottom of the pencil receiving inlet of the sharpener unit, said shell I. shell being provided with a bottom through which A cross member I4 is provided at the bottom of the guide extends, said bottom being of annularly the shell I for supporting the switch generally channeled construction through the central porreferred to by numeral l5 and this switch is protion of which the guide extends. vided with the actuating stem [6 extending into ALVIN L. FENTON. 

